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Regulations  est 
Conf  Pam  #381 


[No.  25.]  ■        ^ 

TREASURY  DEPAETMENT,  C.  tr^.  A.  ) 
Richmond,  May  27,  1804.      ) 

REGULATIONS  established  for  the  disposal  at  private  sale 
of  the  six  per  cent,  non-taxable  Bonds  of  the  Confed^^rate 
States^  anthorized  by  the  6//i  section  of  the  Act  of  February 
17.   1804. 

1.  Agents,  iippointed  to  effect  private  sales  of  I'.onds  will 
bo  governed,  as  to  rates,  by  iDstniclions  whicli  will,  from 
time  to  time,  be  furuished. 

2.  The  Agents  will  be  allowed,  as  cum[)cnsation,  a  com- 
mission of  one-quarter  of  one  i)cr  cent  on  the  first  two  mil- 
lionR  of  dollars,  one-eighth  of  one  per  cent  on  the  next  eight 
millions,  and  one-sixteenth  of  one  per  cent,  on  any  amount 
of  sales  effected  by  them,  respectively,  over  ten  millions  of 
dollars.  Tlu\v  shall  depf/site  the  money  for  said  Bonds  in 
tlje  nearest  Pay  Depository,  specifying  the  amount  received  ^ 
for  principal,  and  the  amount  for  premium,  and  accompany 

it  with  a  statement  of  the  Bonds  required  ;  if  registered 
Bonds  are  required,  the  names  of  the  parties  in  whose  favor 
they  are  to  i)e  issued  shall  be  reported. 

;5.  The  Treasurer,  Assistant  Treasurers  and  Depositaries 
will  malic  requisitions  on  the  Register  of  the  Tieasury,  who 
will  furnish  the  said  officers  with  the  required  Bonds,  and 
Char<'-e  them  therewith  ;  said  bonds  will  be  delivered  to  the 
parties  entitled,  on  the  order  of  the  Agents,— such  orders, 
when  endorsed  or  receipted  and  forwarded  to  the  First  Au- 
ditor, shall  relieve  the  Treasury  officer  from  the  charge  on 
the  Register's  Books. 

C.  G.  MEMMINGER, 

Secretary  of  Treasury. 


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